The loving, right-wing Christians are at it once more. This time becoming a member of a public prayer with a Republican Senator (as a result of they’ve by no means heard the term; separation of church and state).
During a speech on the Faith and Freedom Coalition convention today in Georgia, Republican Senator David Perdue inspired his viewers to particularly use Psalm 109 when praying for President Obama. That prayer- whereas popular with conservatives – offers with the homicide of a leader to take away him from power.
“I think we should pray for Barack Obama,” Perdue advised his viewers. “And I think we need to be very specific about how we pray. We should pray like Psalm 109:8 says: it says, ‘let his days be few.’” He smirked as he known as for the death of President Obama as his God-loving, Christian viewers laughed.
Perdue deliberately omitted reading all verses in Psalm 109 because the context of the complete prayer tells a special, darker story than the twisted narrative conservatives use it for when mocking or expressing anger about Obama’s presidency.
Called the “Judas psalm”, Psalm 109 is an specific, darkish name for the loss of life of David’s enemies. Psalm 109 says (instantly following verse eight):
May his kids be orphans, and his spouse a widow.
May his kids be wandering beggars; might they be pushed from their ruined houses.
May a creditor seize all he has; might strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
May nobody prolong kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless kids.
May his descendants be reduce off, their names blotted out from the following technology.
Suffice to say, these quoting Psalm 109:eight have by no means really read the Bible, are misquoting it to serve their very own political agenda, or are literally wishing loss of life upon the Obama household.
When reporting on Perdue’s death wish at ThinkProgress, Jack Jenkins famous that:
This practice is usually referred to by faith students as “proof texting,” or quoting a piece of scripture to make a degree with out offering enough context. It’s a standard tactic utilized by some conservative Christians to criticize those they disagree with, resembling when Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson tried to use scripture to argue that Americans solely had two choices for confronting ISIS troopers: convert them to Christianity or kill them. Ironically, the identical logic is utilized by ISIS itself to justify slaughtering Christians, Yazidis, and different non secular minorities.
Conservatives’ use of Psalm 109:eight spans most of President Obama’s presidency making the potential for ignorance that its use implicates homicide unlikely. Media has mentioned Republicans’ disgusting use of the verse to assault Obama way back to 2009.
In 2012, Kansas House Speaker Mike O’Neal supplied the identical prayer for Obama noting, “At last — I can honestly voice a Biblical prayer for our president! Look it up — it is word for word! Let us all bow our heads and pray. Brothers and Sisters, can I get an AMEN? AMEN!!!!!!”
At the time his call for Obama’s murder placed him in scorching water. A Rockford Register Star columnist noted at the time,
“You say that verse 8 of Psalm 109, as applied to President Obama, does not suggest a wish for his death. But the first five words of verse 8 are: ‘Let his days be few.’ And verse 9 says: ‘Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.’…You suggest yourself that scripture should not be ‘taken out of context.’ Well, the context of Psalm 109 is a wish for someone’s death.”
In quick, little room exists for Perdue to say he’s by no means learn the Bible nor that he’s by no means as soon as heard what Psalm 109 truly references. Instead, he’s enjoying coy attempting to persuade the general public that he’s simply being a “good ole’ boy” Christian wishing for a brand new chief whereas citing a well-known verse coping with vengeance and murder.
When referred to as out on the reference Perdue’s workers had a pre-prepared statement prepared (of course) as he assuredly anticipated being known as out for praying for the murder of a sitting president.
Spokeswoman Caroline Vanvick advised press Senator Perdue “in no way wishes harm towards our president” including:
“Senator Purdue said we are called to pray for our country, for our leaders, and for our president. He in no way wishes harm towards our president and everyone in the room understood that. However, we should add the media to our prayer list because they are pushing a narrative to create controversy and that is exactly what the American people are tired of.”
It’s handy he had that queued up for the inevitable fallout from his name for the homicide of a sitting president, isn’t it?
You can watch video of the prayer courtesy of Right Wing Watch:
